Easy Pancakes from Scratch

     What's better than breakfast for dinner??  Tonight there was nothing better as we had pancakes made from scratch with strawberry sauce and bacon.  These pancakes are both easy to make and way more affordable than the boxed mix you buy in the store.  A few simple ingredients and you're ready to go.  I used the following ingredients:

2 cups flour
3 tbsp sugar,
2 eggs
2 cups milk
2 tbsp oil
2 tsp vanilla extract (optional)

     To get started I mixed the flour and sugar together in a bowl.  Then setting those aside I mixed the eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla extract in my mixer.  You can use a bowl and spoon if you don't want to dirty the mixer.  Once the wet ingredients are mixed just slowly add the dry mix until it's well blended.

      Now we're ready to cook!  Make sure to preheat your skillet and spray with a non-stick cooking spray.  Using a small soup ladle spoon each pancake onto the skillet. 

      A great tip for when to flip is wait until the pancakes start to make air bubbles.  That means there ready to flip.  Cook the other side and you're ready to eat.

     There are a lot of things that you can do to make these fun for the kids, or a nice treat for yourself.  Adding chocolate chips, blue berries, whipped cream, or many other things can turn a normal breakfast (or dinner in our case) into something memorable and fun.  Happy cooking!